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Beware the Beautiful Blooming Hemlock

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Due to plentiful spring rains, an abundance of early summer wild flowers are blooming on the Ozarks, including massive clusters of tall flowering poison hemlock. We meet up with botanist Jennifer Ogle, University of Arkansas Herbarium Collections Manager, on a meadow south of Cane Hill to discuss the history of this pretty pollinating plant — as well as its highly toxic nature.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for <i>Ozarks at Large.</i>